In Le Yi's view, King Wei's move from Anyi to Daliang is not wise or wrong. Because when the Wei State established the capital of Anyi, it became the most powerful country in China among the Seven Heroes, but after moving the capital to Daliang, everything did not go well. However, when Anyi was the capital, there was also the embarrassment of besieging Wei to save Zhao, and after the capital of Daliang, there was also the glory of defeating the Qin army, so it is difficult to say whether it was good or bad.

The land of Wei is very special, including the richest land on both sides of the Yellow River, the whole country presents the characteristics of large and thin on both sides, and the most important place connecting the east and west parts is Shangdang County, which is occupied by the Han and Zhao families. To put it bluntly, if Zhao Han is unhappy one day, he will block Shangdang County, and Wei will completely say goodbye to his other half of the country.

However, Shangdang has been a natural danger since ancient times, with dense mountains and narrow roads, so it is not easy to contain the enemy, and it is only because the Wei State has no fear and occupies the richest land near the Yellow River with peace of mind.

However, this strategy soon had drawbacks, especially when Qi and Wei were at war, and Qin sent a letter to Guguan all the way north, besieging the Wei capital Anyi, forcing Wei to surrender to Qin. So the people of Wei began to realize that it is always unsafe to have a neighbor who is much stronger than you. So, the king of Wei moved the capital from the gate of Qin to the gate of Qi, Chu, Korea and Zhao, and there was a wild and untamable Song state next to it, and learned a lesson, built a tall city and sufficient defense facilities, and completely forced himself to the point of no return in decline.

"Therefore, the people of Wei still enjoy the glory of their ancestors and the glory of Wei Wushu, but they can't imagine that Wu Qi and Li Kui have disappeared for too long." Gongsun Yan pointed to the slightly vicissitudes of the street, and said to Le Yi behind him.

Daliang is also a prosperous commercial city, compared with Handan, and even surpassed. Wei's policy of connivance with commerce was similar to that of Zhao, so much so that for a long time, Wei's commercial level was not even lower than that of Zhao, because it was the thoroughfare of the world and an important grain producing area. It is precisely because of the developed commercial level that it supports the prestige of the mighty soldiers.

"The vicissitudes of the sea, the times have changed, why should the rhinoceros be emotionally here. Aren't you and I working so hard to regain the strength of Wei Wu? Le Yi followed behind Gongsun Yan, following in unison, like a small character, not daring to exceed the rules at all. Because the rhinoceros in front of him is not only resourceful, but also his own destiny, it is he who guarantees the promotion to the king of Wei that allows Le Yi to stay in Wei.

"Hehe, to say something taboo, what I have learned in my life lies in vertical and horizontal, taking the world as a chessboard, and the princes as chess pieces, so that the world can play against me. Whether it is the Wei State or the Qin State, it is just a show of what he has learned in his life, and there is nothing special. Gongsun Yan laughed, in his opinion, the people in the world who can play against him, except for Guiguzi, who has not met, only Zhang Yi is qualified to play against him. However, with his exploits in his previous life, he is also qualified to say this.

"I'm afraid that's why Mr. Jean didn't stop the king from appointing Zhang Yi as the secretary of state in the hall just now, right?" Le Yi smiled bitterly and said, "Does Mr. also think that Zhang Yi is still carrying the secret order of King Qin here?" ”

"Don't say it, don't say it. It's good for you to know yourself. Gongsun Yan did not respond to Le Yi directly, but smiled mysteriously at him. Walk straight to the market ahead. The bazaars of Daliang are also clustered together, and there is a clear distinction between commercial and residential areas, but most of the merchants come to the merchants from Zhao and Qi, and there are relatively few Wei and Koreans, let alone Qin.

The two talked and laughed, walked past a stall, but heard a Wei people make a big noise, the two were a little puzzled, glanced at each other, walked forward, but heard one person say: "You Zhao people are so unreasonable, the day before yesterday and I discussed, the price of this kind of fur has been finalized, why do you have to regret it today, and you want to increase the cost in plain terms, so do things, it is unheard of." Don't you dislike us Wei people? ”

As soon as these words came out, the Wei people, who were already a little angry and watching the excitement just now, felt humiliated, although it was said that the furs were precious, and only the furs of the merchants of the Zhao State could be talked about at a good price. In addition to the proximity of the two countries, it is also because the two countries originally belonged to the Jin Kingdom, and there is a natural cordiality. Therefore, the goods of Zhao were particularly popular in Wei. But for some reason, the goods of Zhao have suddenly become much more expensive for no reason recently, and the people of Wei still thought that just a few of the items were expensive, and they would be cheap in a few days, but they didn't expect it to last for so long, and the price still did not have a downward trend, but increased, and finally they couldn't bear it, and such a conflict broke out between the merchants of the two countries.

"This matter really has nothing to do with us." The businessman of Zhao Guo looked very aggrieved, "It's really Zhao Guo's policy change now." ”

"Who are you fooling?" The merchants of Wei obviously did not believe it, and in his opinion, the merchants of Zhao were encouraged to do business, which was basically the same as that of Wei, with city taxes as the main ones and tariffs almost negligible. This Zhao native is obviously lying.

"What are you lying to? If you don't believe it, ask the businessmen who went to Zhao to do business, has Zhao's policy changed? "The people of Zhao are right, but they are not afraid that the people of Wei will gather to beat him, to put it bluntly, everyone is a businessman, and it is good to make money with harmony.

"Then tell me, how did Zhao Guo's policy change?" The Wei people obviously still didn't believe it.

"Let me tell you about it." Zhao Guoren said, "Zhao Guojun ordered that all the city taxes of Zhao State remain unchanged, and the rest of the customs duties will be added one more point." Other items, such as bronze objects, gold and silver objects, iron tools, and various textile products, were added to this point again. Specifically, if the iron artifacts of Wei were shipped to Zhao, the tariff would be fifteen yuan per 100 yuan. If ordinary goods are shipped to Zhao, the tariff is ten yuan per 100 yuan. In comparison, all tariffs were paid at a rate of 100 yuan and 5 yuan before, but it was much higher! ”

When the people around heard this, they were speechless in astonishment. You must know that although Zhao was not the only way for Wei merchants to do business, there were many things that were indeed unique to Zhao and not available to other countries, such as fur products and livestock that were favored by the nobles, which were the key products exported by Zhao. If Zhao increased the tax on imports, then the profit from this transaction would be less.

Many people immediately thought of a question, so they hurriedly asked, "What if the fur of Zhao entered Wei?" Everyone also wanted to know this question, and they all gathered around to listen.

"This one is a little better." The merchant of Zhao said, "All customs duties are paid in the tax system of 100 yuan and 10 yuan. However, the iron weapons of war horses are all made of the same salt, and they are operated by the officials, and private individuals are not allowed to smell them. Overall, it's still a bit higher, but it's acceptable. I can't remember the difference in the tax rate of the rest of the items, and other differences. ”

"So, isn't this business going well? Do you have to do business with those people in Qi than us? It's too far, and the tax rate of Qi is lower than that of Zhao, but it's also very limited. The Wei merchant sighed.

"Alas, if you want to be a young Guan Yi Road, many roads are free for us merchants to pass through, how can there be any tariffs! It's good now, what do you buy and sell, and there are tariff restrictions, it's really unlucky. ”

"Not only that, but for the merchants who excavated in the mountains, the tax rate was higher, and the merchants' families were all required to serve, and whether it was the merchants themselves, their families, or even their servants, they were all on the roster, and they had to serve and not evade. There are tax evaders and tax evaders, and different penalties will be imposed according to the seriousness of the circumstances! Zhao said.

When the merchants of Wei heard this, they were shocked in their hearts and exchanged their heads and ears, but between the words, they were still worried about the changes in Zhao State, and many businessmen had to consider whether they wanted to adjust their business scope, and some even began to consider whether they were going to trade with other countries.

Gongsun Yan and Le Yi glanced at each other, no longer looked at the follow-up situation, and quietly left the crowd.

"Unexpectedly, even Zhao Guo began to collect tariffs." Gongsun Yan said leisurely, "I have to say that the monarch of Zhao State is indeed much higher than the monarchs of other countries. ”

Le Yi was stunned for a moment, and then said, "Where does this start?" ”

"Hehe, you don't know. You see, since the Great Zhou Dynasty, many countries have encouraged business to get rich, which is excellent, after all, merchants colonize the north and the south, and even if the tax money they pay is only one cent, it is also considerable. And the wealthy, especially the aristocracy, like to own something different, and they want to keep their business taxes low, so that they can spend less money on things. ”

"That's true."

However, for the state, its interests were divided among the nobles, and the state was beneficial but not much. Moreover, the more people engaged in business and no longer engaged in agriculture, the grain production became less and less, and the soldiers became fewer and fewer, and the danger would be greater if an enemy attacked. This is the reason why the law of the merchant monarch is that there must be more taxes without agriculture and the rent of market profits must be heavy. The purpose is nothing more than to encourage people to return to farming. To put it bluntly, wars are fought with soldiers' food and grass, and no matter how rich you are, can you buy the armies of other countries? Unless the other party is crazy! ”

"I see." Le Yi suddenly realized, he didn't expect that there were so many reasons for this, no wonder the national strength of the Qin State was so strong, because after the law was changed, the interests of the nobles were received by the Shang Jun to the country, and the country was naturally strong.

"Hehe, Zhao Guojun is obviously deeply impressed by Shang Jun. Although its laws are not as strict as those of Shang Jun, it obviously has certain restrictions on merchants. Gongsun Yan said with a light smile, "But I still don't know, why does he levy different taxes on different things?" It's incredible. ”

Le Yi nodded, he has always maintained an inexplicable good impression of Zhao Yong, especially as a monarch, being able to disguise himself and go deep into the enemy country to spy on the military situation, just this courage is enough to make him respect.

"In my opinion, if Zhao can adhere to this law, then after more than ten years, those who can confront Qiang Qin must be Zhao!"